Quotes by Marilyn Manson

About Marilyn Manson:

Brian Hugh Warner is an American musician, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, painter, multimedia artist, and former music journalist. He is known for his controversial stage personality and image as the lead singer of the band Marilyn Manson, which he co-founded with Daisy Berkowitz and of which he remains the only constant member. His stage name was formed by juxtaposing the names of two American cultural icons, namely actress Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson.
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When you want to die, you at least have a goal. You're aiming for something. It's not a good goal, but at least you want something. And you've got anger and fear, but at least you're feeling something.

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I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.

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My art is not limited to the songs I create but also to the reaction it creates. I like to sit back and look at the whole thing as if it's a tornado that I'm controlling. It's creating chaos. When you create chaos, ideas are turned upside down, and e...

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Growing up going to Christian school and the concept that you're born a sinner and you don't really have a choice to change who you are has been hammered into my head and created the entire reason why I made art and made a band and made records calle...

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I think it's the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort of exorcising every demon and making you feel like you're a person that matters.

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Art gives people a reason to be alive.

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For me, art is supposed to be a question mark.

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Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

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In music, you feel a connection to the voice and think about the person behind it. In art that's secondary.

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I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

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Our relationship, however, soon went awry. Occasionally, something will happen that will change your opinion of someone irrevocably, that wil shatter the ideal you've built up around a person and force you to see them for the fallible and human creat...

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If you act like a rock star you will be treated like one.

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I've always believed that a person is smart. It's people that are stupid.

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Marilyn Monroe wasn't even her real name, Charles Manson isn't his real name, and now, I'm taking that to be my real name. But what's real? You can't find the truth, you just pick the lie you like the best.

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The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.

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Sometimes you feel awkward being what you're best at, you feel like you have to be something new.

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Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.

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I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.

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A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.

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To me, Satan ultimately represents rebellion.

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Author Bio

  • NameMarilyn Manson
  • DescriptionAmerican rock musician and actor
  • AliasesBrian Hugh Warner
  • BornJanuary 5, 1969
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Actor; Singer; Film Director; Singer-songwriter; Musician; Actor; Autobiographer; Painter; Composer